Artist strikes have become a common feature of the cultural landscape in Poland. Rob Sharp assesses what other countries can learn about popular opposition to the rollback of state subsidies.
News
Leading playwrights and composers have been brought together for a two-year project, supported by six-figure funding through the Genesis Foundation, to address a “lack of seriousness”...
News
The Diversity School Initiative, set up by Royal Central School of Speech and Drama student Steven Kavuma, aims to lobby drama schools to develop more inclusive curriculums and facilities, and hold...
Arts People
The Foundling Museum has announced that poet, playwright and author LEMN SISSAY MBE has been appointed to its Board of Trustees. He has been a ‘Foundling Fellow’ since 2014. 
Arts People
MHORA SAMUEL, previously Director of the Theatres Trust, has taken on a new role as Senior Policy Officer, Creative Enterprise Zones, at the Greater London Authority. 
Feature
Some freelancers and contractors working in the public sector may be taxed at source via PAYE following changes in legislation. Mahmood Reza explains what has changed and the implications.
Feature
Sharing skills and resources is not just about altruism, it can unlock new sources of revenue for arts organisations. Benita Matofska shares five tips for getting started. 
Feature
The gender divide amongst artists exhibited and sold is not inevitable, and new research into Artfinder’s online community proves it, says Jonas Almgren.
Opinion
As drama is downgraded in our schools, Fiona Banks explains why it is essential for young people to see theatre live on stage.
Case study
As an arts festival with an explicit social change mission, Refugee Week faces some unique challenges. Emily Churchill Zaraa discusses how it tackles them head on. 
(IN FRENCH) An old Berlin bank was turned into an art gallery just before it was destroyed. Luxembourg’s Le Quotidien reports on the 165 artists from 17 different countries given free rein over the condemned building.
Investing in culture has created a bright future for Aberdeen, despite pressing economic challenges, argues Sally Reaper.
News
(IN POLISH) The Second World War and Westerplatte museums will combine to create a new Museum of World War II, Culture Minister Piotr Gliński has announced. The news follows an intervention by the...
News
The new-look studios in Hertfordshire will bring the entire Henry Moore Archive together in a new building, which will include further project space for digitisation and a new visitor centre.
News
A ‘singing clock’, to be created by Turner-Prize winning artist Susan Philipsz, will be installed at the site of a planned high-speed railway station in the city, mostly financed by...
News
Work with local communities is challenging and most likely to succeed in collaboration with organisations that already target those communities, according to a new report. 
News
Arts Council England must ensure that hubs do more to promote social mobility, but rural hubs will be offered no extra funding to cover their higher cost base.
Arts People
ALEKSANDAR MARKOVIC, appointed Music Director at Opera North last year, has resigned and will leave at the end of his first year in July 2017. His place as conductor for the organisation’s...
Arts People
Designer and theatre-maker Bill Mitchell, who pioneered landscape theatre at Kneehigh before launching WildWorks theatre company, has died of cancer aged 65.
In the space of four years, Lisbon has been transformed from a city ‘on its knees’ to one that feels hip and innovative – in large part because of creative and tech opportunities, reports Rowan Moore.
News
The £19m project will see almost half a million physical recordings, including theatre and music clips, digitised and stored in a network of ten sound preservation centres across the country.
News
After its costume appeal prompted a few “wry comments” on Twitter, the Royal Opera House has been moved by the Telegraph to explain its use of charity fundraising tactics.
News
In a new blueprint for economic growth, the Creative Industries Federation is calling for the enterprise zone programme to be extended to the creative industries.
Arts People
As she prepares to step down from the company she founded over 30 years ago, Avril Hitman reflects on her career at the forefront of inclusive dance.
News
Measures for improving governance, social investment and services commissioning by public bodies have been put forward in a report by the House of Lords Select Committee on Charities.

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